diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
index 0be4196f9..0a2c7377c 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ public class PlaceManager
      */
     public void shutdown ()
     {
+        // clear out our listenership
+        _plobj.removeListener(this);
+        _plobj.removeListener(_bodyUpdater);
+
         // destroy the object and everything will follow from that
         CrowdServer.omgr.destroyObject(_plobj.getOid());